OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiome is 75. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Lower viral evolutionary pressure under stable versus fluctuating conditions in subzero Arctic brines	317
Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals the positive leverage of citrus flavonoids on hindgut microbiota and host homeostasis by modulating sphingolipid metabolism in mid-lactation dairy cows consumin	241
Bacterial quorum sensing orchestrates longitudinal interactions to shape microbiota assembly	233
H2 generated by fermentation in the human gut microbiome influences metabolism and competitive fitness of gut butyrate producers	231
Methanolobus use unspecific methyltransferases to produce methane from dimethylsulphide in Baltic Sea sediments	228
Dissolved storage glycans shaped the community composition of abundant bacterioplankton clades during a North Sea spring phytoplankton bloom	223
Correction: Sodium levels and grazing pressure shape natural communities of the intracellular pathogen Legionella	213
Correction: Gut microbiota-derived propionate mediates the neuroprotective effect of osteocalcin in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease	204
From dysbiosis to defense: harnessing the gut microbiome in HIV/SIV therapy	199
Phylogeny-guided microbiome OTU-specific association test (POST)	184
Stool energy density is positively correlated to intestinal transit time and related to microbial enterotypes	175
Metabolite-mediated interactions and direct contact between Fusobacterium varium and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	172
No microorganism was detected in amniotic fluid of healthy pregnancies from the second trimester to the delivery	166
A glimpse of the paleome in endolithic microbial communities	152
β-Elemonic acid mediated enrichment of Paenibacillus to help Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge alleviate drought stress	149
Role of nasal microbiota in regulating host anti-influenza immunity in dogs	136
Latent antibiotic resistance genes are abundant, diverse, and mobile in human, animal, and environmental microbiomes	134
Microbial active functional modules derived from network analysis and metabolic interactions decipher the complex microbiome assembly in mangrove sediments	134
Impact of diet in shaping gut virome of grain-fed and grass-fed beef cattle revealed by a comparative metagenomic study	134
Bifidobacterial carbohydrate/nucleoside metabolism enhances oxidative phosphorylation in white adipose tissue to protect against diet-induced obesity	132
Gut dysbiosis promotes prostate cancer progression and docetaxel resistance via activating NF-κB-IL6-STAT3 axis	129
Impacts of host genetics on gut microbiome composition in Alzheimer’s disease	129
Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota	127
Using strain-resolved analysis to identify contamination in metagenomics data	125
Engrafting gut bacteriophages have potential to modulate microbial metabolism in fecal microbiota transplantation	125

Gut microbiota induces dysspermatogenesis via microbial-derived phenylacetylglycine in Ggt1-deficient mice	123
Microbiota-indole 3-propionic acid-brain axis mediates abnormal synaptic pruning of hippocampal microglia and susceptibility to ASD in IUGR offspring	123
Blocked conversion of Lactobacillus johnsonii derived acetate to butyrate mediates copper-induced epithelial barrier damage in a pig model	122
Cover crop root exudates impact soil microbiome functional trajectories in agricultural soils	120
Virus diversity and activity is driven by snowmelt and host dynamics in a high-altitude watershed soil ecosystem	120
LotuS2: an ultrafast and highly accurate tool for amplicon sequencing analysis	113
Should we modulate the neonatal microbiome and what should be the goal?	113
Effects of melatonin on rumen microorganisms and methane production in dairy cow: results from in vitro and in vivo studies	112
Microbial community regulation and performance enhancement in gas biofilters by interrupting bacterial communication	110
Colonization during a key developmental window reveals microbiota-dependent shifts in growth and immunity during undernutrition	108
Colonocyte-derived lactate promotes E. coli fitness in the context of inflammation-associated gut microbiota dysbiosis	108
Landscape of the gut archaeome in association with geography, ethnicity, urbanization, and diet in the Chinese population	105
Complementary insights into gut viral genomes: a comparative benchmark of short- and long-read metagenomes using diverse assemblers and binners	104
An improved workflow for accurate and robust healthcare environmental surveillance using metagenomics	103
Gastrointestinal jumbo phages possess independent synthesis and utilization systems of NAD+	102
Enrichment of vitamin B12-producing Porphyrobacter in the phycosphere microbiome promotes microalgal stress adaptation to antibiotic exposure	102
Rumen microbiota-associated stress alleviation by creatine pyruvate in newly received cattle: a multi-omics study	101
A synbiotic mixture of selected oligosaccharides and bifidobacteria assists murine gut microbiota restoration following antibiotic challenge	99
Correction: Inulin diet uncovers complex diet-microbiota-immune cell interactions remodeling the gut epithelium	92
Metaproteomics reveals diet-induced changes in gut microbiome function according to Crohn’s disease location	91
Gut microbiota-derived ursodeoxycholic acid alleviates low birth weight-induced colonic inflammation by enhancing M2 macrophage polarization	88
Determination of antibiotic resistance patterns and genotypes of Escherichia coli isolated from wild birds	88
VBCG: 20 validated bacterial core genes for phylogenomic analysis with high fidelity and resolution	88
Distinguishing diet- and microbe-derived metabolites in the human gut	87
Calcium-containing inorganic immunity booster drives the enrichment of specific root endophytic microbiota against Ralstonia solanacearum	87
Reproducible and opposing gut microbiome signatures distinguish autoimmune diseases and cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	87
Characterizing the gut phageome and phage-borne antimicrobial resistance genes in pigs	87
Gut microbiome-derived indole-3-carboxaldehyde promotes intestinal development via AHR-NRF2 signaling in the early-life of chicks	87
Global analysis of the biosynthetic chemical space of marine prokaryotes	87
Gut-derived IL-13 contributes to growth via promoting hepatic IGF-1 production	86
High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom	86
Milk oligosaccharide-driven persistence of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum modulates local and systemic microbial metabolites upon synbiotic treatment in conventionally colonized mice	85
Water–vapor treatment of shower systems in healthcare facilities: reshaping built-environment microbiomes to improve Legionella control and protect at-risk patients	85
Eubacterium siraeum suppresses fat deposition via decreasing the tyrosine-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in high-fat diet-induced obesity	83
Geography, not lifestyle, explains the population structure of free-living and host-associated deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail symbionts	83
Virome characterization of wild small mammals provides new insight into zoonotic pathogens in West Africa	83
Biogeographical survey of soil microbiomes across sub-Saharan Africa: structure, drivers, and predicted climate-driven changes	81
Gut barrier-microbiota imbalances in early life lead to higher sensitivity to inflammation in a murine model of C-section delivery	81
Elucidating the role of the gut microbiota in the physiological effects of dietary fiber	81
Metagenomics-resolved genomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome	81
The effect of 3-nitrooxypropanol, a potent methane inhibitor, on ruminal microbial gene expression profiles in dairy cows	80
Gut metabolites predict Clostridioides difficile recurrence	80
Anthropogenic activities mediate stratification and stability of microbial communities in freshwater sediments	79
A novel and dual digestive symbiosis scales up the nutrition and immune system of the holobiont Rimicaris exoculata	78
Regulation on microbial composition,serotonergic synapse, and apoptotic signaling pathway by extracts fromSonchus brachyotus DC. (SBE) to improve ethanol-induced acute oxidative stress in mice	77
Correction: Microbial active functional modules derived from network analysis and metabolic interactions decipher the complex microbiome assembly in mangrove sediments	77
Extensive data mining uncovers novel diversity among members of the rare biosphere within the Thermoplasmatota	77
Stable, fluorescent markers for tracking synthetic communities and assembly dynamics	76
Strategies of chemolithoautotrophs adapting to high temperature and extremely acidic conditions in a shallow hydrothermal ecosystem	75
Diet prevents the expansion of segmented filamentous bacteria and ileo-colonic inflammation in a model of Crohn’s disease	75